Example sentences of "[v-ing] [verb] a [adj] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It remains to be seen to what extent the operation of the new mergers policy will prove successful in helping to preserve a competitive environment throughout the EC . |
| 2 | You do n't look to me like someone desperately struggling to nurse a company-patient back to life . |
| 3 | But since microwaving became a recognised method of cooking on catering students ' curricula , the level of microwave knowledge sits equally alongside that of steaming , frying and grill work alike . |
| 4 | Each man tightened his grip or loosened it , pygmies struggling to coax a reluctant giant into a narrow cage . |
| 5 | On training prisons such as Maidstone he found , generally , that most establishments were struggling to provide a basic level of regime activities . |
| 6 | This is then used to feed the rabbits which they are producing to provide a valuable source of protein . |
| 7 | The process of assessment incorporates a number of key elements and involves the assessors ( including users and carers ) in bringing to bear a wide range of observational , communication , interpersonal , cognitive , and analytic skills . |
| 8 | This story concerns the sounds of footsteps walking in the ballast ; no one was seen but the sounds were very convincing and one respects the account of this mystery from Mr Leslie , who certainly did n't believe in the supernatural , preferring to find a logical explanation of this sort of thing . |
| 9 | The ‘ air diaphragm ’ of this port has an area equivalent to that of the midrange cone , thus matching its directional characteristics and helping to provide a seamless transition at the crossover . |
| 10 | One day after her daughter 's death , she was driving to see a new house to which the family planned to move . |
| 11 | What Hollywood offered was ‘ a medley range of vague and variable impressions — a disconnected assemblage of ideas , feelings , vagaries and impulses ’ and it followed therefore that the movies were ‘ not endeavouring to provide a consistent philosophy of life ’ . |
| 12 | Although they do lie outside the mainstream — indeed , because they lie outside it — authors such as B. S. Johnson have at the very least an important exemplary function , keeping open a wide spectrum of possibility , even for authors who may not always wish to go so far in such radical directions themselves . |
| 13 | This was regarded by some observers as a shift in position , with President F. W. de Klerk 's government appearing to surrender a central tenet of its policy of rejecting interference in internal affairs . |
| 14 | In pagan days , when Celtic pilgrims journeyed not to Knock but to the Sacred Feasts of Tara , matchmaking played an important part in the celebrations . |
| 15 | And perhaps , sensing that matters have come full circle , some of that era 's pop idols are returning to host a new generation of adult oriented music shows . |
| 16 | After helping to lead an unsuccessful strike by the Vellum Binders ' Society in 1891–2 for the eight-hour day , he became the union 's president . |
| 17 | Right : These curved , gently steps continue on from a path which follows a rounded lawn , helping to create a relaxed atmosphere in the garden . |
| 18 | This module enables a student who is working in retailing to acquire a basic knowledge of consumer law . |
| 19 | Six men have appeared in court charged with conspiring to plant a fake bomb on a residential street . |
| 20 | It is not simply that the former communist societies in Eastern Europe were characterized , to a greater or lesser extent , by relative economic backwardness and political authoritarianism , and consequently had little appeal as models for the future development of any advanced industrial society , but that the democratic socialism of social democratic and labour parties in the capitalist world , despite its real achievements in improving the conditions of life of the working class , has come to be more critically judged as tending to promote an excessive centralization of decision making , growth of bureaucracy and regulation of the lives of individuals , and has lost something of the persuasive character it once had as a movement aiming to create a new civilization . |
| 21 | It does n't here , that 's fine , it 's great here , but , at the bottom because it , it 's not being lit quite so well as the top you 're tending to lose a little bit of quality , especially there . |
| 22 | Functionalism in public law views this apparatus of government as serving to promote a distinct set of purposes . |
| 23 | Care should , however , be taken where a section appears to confer no right of appeal , but that section is in fact linked to another section where a right of appeal exists ; e.g. under s.62 a licensing board may attach conditions to a grant or transfer of a licence and apparently there is no right of appeal against that section , but in Wallace v. Kyle and Carrick Licensing Board , 1979 S.L.T. ( Sh.Ct. ) 12 , it was held that as s.62 was ancillary to s.10 under which licences were granted , an appeal was competent ; see also M. Milne v. City of Glasgow District Licensing Board , 1987 S.L.T. ( Sh.Ct. ) 145 where an appeal against a decision by the clerk under 5.10(1) refusing to accept a late application for renewal was allowed in respect that the application related to a renewal of a licence under s.17(4) . |
| 24 | It says it is looking to provide a full range of products ranging from low end consumer devices through to those aimed at users in vertical markets such as insurance or medicine . |
| 25 | Just before serving melt a little butter in the frying pan and seal the strips of beef . |
| 26 | From the point of view of the ‘ host ’ or ‘ hostess ’ the most immediate benefit of showing art would be to enhance a pleasant ambience , but the more ambitious would also be seeking to attract a certain clientele by offering more than the comfort of food . |
| 27 | Instant access to your savings in unlikely to be your prime concern , but you will be looking to obtain an attractive return on your money over the longer term . |
| 28 | The polygenic nature of ageing contains a baleful message for gerontologists ; it is most unlikely that engineering of a few genes or intervention in a handful of physiological pathways will prevent the process from occurring . |
| 29 | The Labour party is trying to prop up its popularity in Scotland by seeking to impose a similar solution on the rest of England . |
| 30 | Nevertheless , it does seem reasonable to suggest that teachers need to be aware that when tackling many writing tasks pupils will achieve a greater degree of success , both as writers and as learners , if they can work in stages , and if within these stages they have sympathetic and informed support from both teachers and peers — not , I would insist , seeking to impose a preconceived notion of how to plan or how to write , but helping pupils to discover what works best for them . |